Public Programs

Each year the Eureka Centre presents a range public programs that acknowledge special days in our community, including those that commemorate the events of the Eureka Stockade.

We hope you can join us at our annual Eureka Day and Eureka Sunday events and throughout the year at events that connect our community with the spirit of Eureka.

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Richard Pope (second from left) and his extended family photographed in Broken Hill in the 1890s. Provided by Dr Charles Fahey.

From Ballarat to Sandhurst: A Cornish miner’s life through the diary of Richard Pope, 1869-1886

Thursday June 05, 2025
5.30pm

A public lecture by Dr Charles Fahey on the life of intrepid miner Richard Pope, as detailed in his diary.

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books on shelves at the library at Ballarat Research Hub at Eureka

INTRODUCTION TO ANCESTRY.COM DNA

Wednesday June 18, 2025
2pm-3.30pm

Explore how your genealogical research and DNA results are interrelated on Ancestry.com. Learn how to use DNA results in your family history research. 

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F W Niven (publisher), Ballarat Punch (cover page), 9 January 1868. Ballarat Libraries, Australiana Research Collection.

Ballarat Punch Magazine: an insight into colonial cultural values

Thursday July 03, 2025
5.30pm

A public lecture by Dr Annie Thomas about Ballarat Punch magazine and the insight it gives us into colonial views on nationalism, race and gender.

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Aunty Irene Ridgeway with the statue of her great grandmother, Nelly Bunjil Walker, source: NITV and SBS

‘Her Name is Nanny Nellie’ – NAIDOC Week film screening and panel discussion

Tuesday July 08, 2025
6.00pm

To mark NAIDOC Week, the Eureka Centre presents ‘Her Name is Nanny Nellie’, a moving and timely film by Daniel King. Followed by a panel discussion.

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books on shelves at the library at Ballarat Research Hub at Eureka

FINDING CONVICT RECORDS

Wednesday July 23, 2025
2pm-3.30pm

If you have a convict ancestor, this session will provide an overview of how to search convict records.

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US Civil War Overcoat (detail), courtesy of the US Army Quartermasters Museum.

Fleeced: Unravelling the History of Wool and War

Thursday August 07, 2025
5.30pm

A public lecture Madelyn Shaw and Dr Trish FitzSimons titled ‘Fleeced: Unravelling the History of Wool and War’

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Three participants on stage at a Public Program at Eureka Centre Ballarat

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